Great times
It has been a couple of weeks since I have been out on the water. Poor weather, boat repairs, work commitments and assisting my daughter with painting her house has kept me away from my passion. With my dad visiting from the other side of the world I decided to try for an outing on Saturday, even though the wind forecast was not that great. We launched at about 8h00 (very late) and made our way to the back of Garden Island so that we could escape the south easterly. We eventually found fish announcing their presence on the sounder and dropped the anchor before introducing a moderate amount of burley to the area.
Within 5 minutes of his first cast, my dad was hooked up to something solid. He has not caught a decent fish for a number of years and I was worried that he would loose this one. The head shakes and short bursts indicated a fish of note and when I saw the first glimpses of colour I called it a sambo. As the fish came into full view, my jaw dropped and my hands started shaking as I identified the fish as the largest snapper that I have ever seen. After a couple of nervous minutes we landed the fish and the measuring tape confirmed the largest snapper to grace the deck of my boat - a whopper of 99cm. Where is the fairness in this game?
We continued to catch a number of snapper in the 70s and 80s before the skippy and then sharks moved in. We pulled the pick at about 13h00 and were off the water before the wind picked up.
A great way to spend quality time with my old man.
Fisheagle Ed
Rick
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Good fish
Good fish mate, there is no justice haha
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opsrey
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Well done
your dad has a big adventure that his mates will love hearing. Bloody nice Pinky
Dale
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Awesome stuff, and even better getting the old man involved.
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Hutch
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Thats a horse of a
Thats a horse of a snapper!!
Love that second photo, pure quality
Madmerv
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Top Fish
What a cracker. Got to be happy with that.
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
Diggedy
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What a catch mate, great
What a catch mate, great work putting your old boy onto a quality fish, I bet you ate like kings.
dw72
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photos
great shots as usual crackin pinky!
Cruise Control
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Well done, bet your Dad loved
Well done, bet your Dad loved showing you how to do it !That second shot is a POTM opportunity for sure.
Krusty
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Awesome fish and great
Awesome fish and great photos....well done
My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!
Adam Gallash
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Cracker
What everyone else said, big snap snap that one.
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Boydy
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Top catch
So close to the magic meter......
Nice work to the angler and skip.
VIC DORY
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5 fathom?
5 fathom?
Guardy
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Awesome says it all.
Well done for getting your Dad on that horse! Couldn't you stretch that fish another centimeter to crack the 1 metre mark. What a bugger!!!
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Giddyup that snapper is a
Giddyup that snapper is a horse
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